Book contents
- Philip Roth in Context
- Philip Roth in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Literary Contexts
- Part II Critical Contexts
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- Chapter 12 Newark
- Chapter 13 The Berkshires
- Chapter 14 Prague
- Chapter 15 Israel
- Part IV Theoretical Contexts
- Part V Jewish American Identity
- Part VI Gender and Sexuality
- Part VII Political Contexts
- Part VIII Roth’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 12 - Newark
from Part III - Geographical Contexts
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Book contents
- Philip Roth in Context
- Philip Roth in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Literary Contexts
- Part II Critical Contexts
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- Chapter 12 Newark
- Chapter 13 The Berkshires
- Chapter 14 Prague
- Chapter 15 Israel
- Part IV Theoretical Contexts
- Part V Jewish American Identity
- Part VI Gender and Sexuality
- Part VII Political Contexts
- Part VIII Roth’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Roth grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and the city becomes a significant setting in much of his fiction. The incorporation of Newark, its predominantly Jewish Weequahic neighborhood in particular, not only contributes to Roth’s metafictional style, but also plays a central role in the identity and development of protagonists in works such as Goodbye, Columbus, American Pastoral, I Married a Communist, The Human Stain, and Nemesis, among several others.
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- Philip Roth in Context , pp. 123 - 131Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021